The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-08-25
OLD FATHER DuNoER
He Tells Highly Moral Fairy Story Ca
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Vhell, sshildren, may pc you Like to
hear me talk some more? Ivhas oanly
an. oldt Dutchmans, but if do you
some goot dos~hAs all right. I guess
/ tell you aboudt some badt .boy-sa
feller who vas named Shacob Hornber-
ger. and who lif py dot Black Forest in
Shermany.n Vhas / tell you happened
solong ago. dot my great grandfather
vhas aleedle poy. I haf some peoples
tell me it vhas fairy story, but I doan''
know Vhell now to pegin: 4 ,ssg
.Vonce upon some time a poy named
Shacob Hornberger lif by der Black
Forest NIT his parents. Dot poy doan'
lie und stheal. but he vhas cruel in his
mindt., If he sees some odder leedle
poy he likes to hit him NIT club, und
if he sees some leedle girl he likes to
pinch. her und make her yell. so loud rs
cannon. Dot vhas pad preenciples,
shildren. If you doan' have some
mercy und sympathy for .odder people
you Will some day sthand oop on der
! gallOWs to be hung.
| Vhe1l, to proceed some more, dot poy
Shacob vhas tickled all oafer. when he
hat some shance to be cruel NIT a dumb
brute. 1t vhas his delight to throw
stones at some dogs, hunt down cats,
und kill off der innocent birds If he
| doan' be cruel to something during der
day he doan' shleep goot at night. Lots
of peoples talk to him ufid gift him goot
advice, but Shacob avhas no peter.
When poy doan' heed der words OF
his parents und friends it vhas bad for
him-werry badt. He vhas on der
plank roadt to destruction, und he dies
some awful death.
Vhell, one day Shacob finds rabbit
init two proken legs, ,aund he vhas nefer
SO tickled pefore. 1t lyhas shance to
Epe cruel, und he takes oudt his knife to
torture dot poor rabbit. A leetle oIdt
man init q hump on his pack und one
white eyebrow comes oudt of der woods
shus den und says:
"Vhas you do, ell; Shacob? Yor
doan' be cruel to dot poor rabbit,
hope?" F-~t e
syt"I like to skin him alifer' says
! Sbacob. 20 So s5ssssaA 1ssi sEsss a
20 But If you touch him you shall sbs
punished. .~a.sA s....-4..s -
+ Und now, shildren, vhas you suppos,
dot poy dide He jabs dot knife into do
rabbits eyes nnd laughs ha! ha!hai t.
hear him cry oudt midi pain. Howefer
he hadt no sooner done dot dan der oil,
man makes two signs like dot und says
II turn dot poy7 into lean, plint
7 wolf. und | bid him go off NIT der Blacl
Forest? Dot rabbit vhas all right again!'
| Und, shildren, shust like you lif, Sha
] cob becomes a plind wolf, NIT all hi
| ribs plain to be seen, und dot rabbi
goes scampering off on four legs, mi
his eyes as goot as eafer. Dot vol
howls nit hunger und pain, und Will
he runs he knocks himself oafer lots 0
times und vhas padly used oop. If h
can't see he can't catch something t
I eat, und in little time he goes deadl
i5 If you see some rabbit, shildren, yo
i 4 Chill notice how crooked his hindt leg
vhas. Dot vhas because dey vhas Pre-
| ken. You notice some specs in hi
eyes. Dot vhas because he vhas cure
i, so quetk of his blindness. Dot vhas N
! story, leedle ones, und / like you to rt
member it. Der poy who likes to g
!, pain to some helpless animal vhill com
$ oop to some badt man. Tt yhas petite
dot our hearts yhas always full of pitt
and mercy, und dot we vhas alway
ready. NIT charity for der unfortunate
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